- Date
- June 26, 1985, 17:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place
- Davison, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5970BCessna 182A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850626028079A
- Case key
- 13117
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Hard landing
Airspeed - improperFactor
In-flight planning/decision - improperCause
Go-around - not performedFactor
Touch-and-go - not performedCause
Nose gear collapsed
Landing gear,nose gear - overload
Analysis
Acft touched donw hard and became airborne. On the second ground contact the nose gear collapsed. Plt previously aborted two landings because of excessive airspeed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5970B
- Reported as
- Cessna 182A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 33970
- Airframe hours
- 2,314
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Daniel R. Peterson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 18, 1985
- Departed
- 1G6 · Strongsville, OH
- Destination
- Davison, MI
- Airport
- runway 9, 1,750 × ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,097 total · 601 in this make and model · 1,562 as pilot in command · 123 in the last 90 days · 35 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 14 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FNT, 12 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.